Home Depot and the WIT Foundation's Girls Get IT Program Shows Young
Women How Technology is Helping "Improve the Home Improvement Business"
Latest Girls Get IT event designed to show young women between ages 15 and 17 how Home Depot uses technology in its business and what technology careers are available to them

April 26, 2006 - ATLANTA, GA - The WIT Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Women in Technology (WIT), the leading association committed to the development of Georgia's businesswomen in the technology industry, today announced that it will be teaming up with Home Depot for the next Girls Get IT event.  This event, taking place on Saturday, May 6th, is designed to educate young women between 15 and 17 years old about how Home Depot uses technology in its business and what careers in technology are available within the company.

Advanced registration is required for this event and participants must provide their own transportation.  Girls can sign up by emailing Nancy Taylor at nancy-taylor@comcast.net or by calling her at 404-402-2117.  The event is free to attend and all participants will receive giveaways, including T-shirts and backpacks.  Also, there will be 3 iPod Nanos raffled and everyone will be registered to win one.

"We are pleased that Home Depot has agreed to provide this unique look into the technology side of their business," said Tana Glassford, Girls Get IT Director, WIT Foundation. "This is a wonderful opportunity to educate young women who are about to make decisions about colleges and courses of study to open their eyes to a career path they may have not otherwise thought of."

Through partnerships with Georgia businesses such as the Weather Channel, CISCO, Playmotion!, MARTA, Kaiser Permanente and IBM, Girls Get IT has showcased the types of careers that are available to those who major in math or science.  Girls Get IT seeks to show girls different aspects of a variety of careers in technology or careers where technology is a major enabler. Sign in will run from 6:30-7:00 a.m. on the morning of the event.  The event will run from 7-9 a.m.  For more information, contact Nancy Taylor or go to http://www.witinc.org/WITFoundation/.

About WIT Foundation
Founded in 2004, the WIT Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports the philanthropic aims of WIT, Inc.  The WIT Foundation vision is to encourage and enable girls & young women to pursue and thrive in technology.  The WIT Foundation's main initiatives today are Girls Get IT and WIT on Track.  Each seeks to empower young women by demonstrating the variety of careers available to females in the IT industry.

About Women in Technology (WIT)
WIT is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit association promoting the advancement of women in the field of technology.  WIT is a founding society of the Technology Association of Georgia, an umbrella membership organization that serves more than 5,000 members of the Georgia technology community.  WIT hosts bimonthly meetings featuring nationally recognized speakers who address business issues relevant to members of the technology community.

WIT sponsors a number of initiatives such as WIT Executive Coaching, Executive Roundtable, WIT Mentor and WIT's Executive Speakers Bureau.  WIT presents premier annual events including The Women of the Year in Technology Award, WIT's Best Employer Award and WIT Connect, which is WIT's annual fundraiser.  Through its philanthropic arm, the WIT Foundation, WIT organizes and funds programs like Girls-Get-IT and WIT on Track.  For more information on WIT, visit www.witinc.org.

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